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-# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-name: Approve and Merge Release Pull Request
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - synchronize
-      - reopened
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  approve-and-merge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      id-token: write
-    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'googlemaps-bot' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'temp-build-branch'
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} # Checkout the PR's head commit
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_MERGE_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Approve PR
-        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_APPROVER_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Merge PR
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash --delete-branch "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_APPROVER_TOKEN }}